Railway-tie.



H. S.'ROGERS.

RAILWAY TIE. Y APPLIOATIORIILBD SEPT. 17, 190s. BBNBWED `AUG. 17, 1909.

' Patented Mar. 15.` 1910.

'invented certain new and NETE@ Application filed September 1T, Serial No. 53,536.

Patent.

Renewed luga To all whom 'it may concern;

Be it known that L Hexer Reclaim a citizen of the United States of \n'1eriea, re,- siding at Mount Jewett, in the County or fifieliean and State of Penneylvania, ha e useful improvements in Railway-Tiess7 ot n hieh the following is a Speeilifation.

This invention reiates to railways and particularly to sleepers and ties and means for fastening; a rail to the. sleeper.

An objeet of this! invention is to provide novel means Whereb)v the rail securingA bolts are removablvf1 applied to the sleepers, ine/.nm` being provided for preventing ythe rotation otl the said-bolts when the nnte` are applied thereto.

Furthermore, an olrieet ot this irn'ention is to provide novel meamI t'or pern'utting the application of the bolts io the rail clamps, to the tie Abars of the sleepers and to the lQleepers proper, the Said holt l heine` adjust ahle therein, and means heine provided 'tor retainingthe clamps, tie hars and sleepers in operative relation.

A Still further ohjeet olh thisl invention is to provide a ren'iovahle .iolt-head en 'ng device applied to the Sleepere. the Said holtheads beine" engaged thereby to hold the nuts against, rotation` provision heim, Jfor tirer-earl;v removal of the holo t; l e the. tops of the sleei'irre.

With the foregoing; and other .;A vien', tao invention roue' construction and in the e ari-:ingent c ot' ragt?v to he f fully eet irth and In dee( ihing the invent-s 1 erenee will he had to th' i draWingS, 'forming part et' tlf L nieruion, wherein lil@l charaetlers denote ooi-respond ing parts in the Several. views.y in whichM Figure 1, illustrates two ot the sleepers with the railS and ra'l securing' members :ipplied thereto, some of the parte heilig I@hon-n in section and others in elevation` Fig. 'QF is a Sectional View taken transversely ot one of the Sleepers, `Qhowinn' a 'fragment olf the ail in elevation. Fig. 3, is a persi'ieelive View showing fragments ot' a aleeperr` holt and housing. Fig. l, is a perspective view showing a fragment of a sleeper and ser tional vlews of a tie bar and a clamp. Fi

5, is a perspective View ot the tie har.

Tn these drawings A, dmiotw` eonerete or composition sleepers7 whieh are adapted to housing, after which the mid hol.

be. used in pair' as Substitutes rei nary Wooden erofss tiel` 'the :sail el ing adapted to Summit the raien ers are preferably latioi i to tl e rai that the naiil mit r: per surface ot the .ele-:Layer and ."ersely thereover in order 'that in the upper surhue ot ilu Heep( tend transversely ol the traen, r ment being For the purpose e Sleepers to he Secured 'oggethL-r in tiey rod C, whieh prelei-:relyv e the groove B, et ille sieeper. 'thu the relation or parll ig sueh that the is equal in depth 1o the 1hi."-:ne-"' har .Qo that when the tie l l groove the upper ,eurta 1, he tlusn with the uppersur i `While l have deserihed sleeper in the in understood tl at a .-er` yuen tie liar are ut ol a rond lied.

llaeh aieeper is preferir two reeeeeee L tornare i in 'ided Y' i n nf' a tureS f'oniinnr" throu i s are, applied to the a the said heads extemh v .l the Sleeper iu 'uhiri po inn the Said he pass through the szpaeth interve the ends of the lions G, H, :n

a quarter turn eaux-,ing the hezu 4 plane longitudinall)v ot' the in` yahaped homing'1 a't'ter `\vhiel\. the moved vrs-rurali to ran-1e the hea= to enter the howling-.in nhieh ia threaded shrinks of the holtey proie@ l the tie bar and clamps; and are in posi for the applica! ion olf tlu nnte.

The tie hars C, and the clamps M, are preferably provided with longitudinally disposed slots c, and m, respectively, Which are adapted to aline with the recesses E, in the sleepers, and when the tie bar and clamps are in the position indicated, the slots c, 'and m, respectively, cross the apertures F.

4By reason of thisv relation of parts the thelower edges of the housings in which .of course, that the nose or cla-mp before being bound by the nut is adposition they are free to be given a quarter turn to cause them to aline with the housings When, as heretofore stated, the, saidbolts may be drawn vertically until the heads of the bolts are seated in the housing in which position the nuts can be applied to the bolts Without liability of the bolts turning when the nuts are screwed to bind the clamp, tiev bar and sleeper together. lt is understood,

inner end ot each justed to ovvrlie the base i'iange ot tl r, rail.

I claim:l l. In a railway equllnnent, Isleepers havy ing grooves with recesses in the bottoms ot the grooves, apertures merging into the recesses, said apertures extending vertically and heilig elongated transversely otI the sleeper, tie bars having loiigitudinally dis- 'posed slots registering with the recesses ot the sleepers, clamps having slots adapted to 4 f register With the slots ofthe tie bars, bolts 'having transverselv elongated heads adapted `to turn in the recesses oit the sleepers under will be necessary to givey esegesi the tie bars and enter the apertures, and a sectional housing, the sections vof which are separated,` nearthe bottom ot' the sleeper adapted to engage the heads of the bolts.

2. ln a railway equipment, sleepers having grooves` With recesses in thel bottoms of the grooves, apertures merging into therecesses, tie bars having longitudinally disposed slots registering With the recesses in the sleepers, clamps having slots adapted to register With the slots' of the tie bars, bolts having transversely elongated heads adapted to turn in. the recesses of the sleepers under the tie bars .and enter the apertures, means on the bolts for holding the clamps in place, a housing near the bottom of the sleeper arranged in sections separated at points under the apertures adapted to en gage the heads of the bolts for their rotation.

3. In a railway equipment, sleepers having grooves with recesses in the bottoms thereof and apertures merging `into the recesses, said apertures extending vertically in the sleepers and being elongated transversely ot' the sleepers, tie bars having longitudinally disposed slots registering With the recesses in. the sleepers, clamps having slots adapted to register with the slots ot' the tie bars, bolts having transversely elongated heads arhuited to turn in the recesses or' the sleepers under the tie bars and enter the preventing transversely elongated apertures, anc'lmeans engaging the' heads ot the rotation of the bolts.

ln testimony Whereot` I .my signature in the presence oi tn'o Witnesses this 29th day of'riugust, 1908.

HENRY S. ROGERS.

bolts to prevent Witnesses EDWIN E. DANE, SAMUEL PHILLIP. 

